Challenge
Twist Ending in 50 words or less.
In such a short amount of words it is hard to tell any story. See if you can write a story that sets expectations and subverts them in the word limit. Change the genre from horror to funny or the opposite. Or trick the reader into believing there is something there is not and reveal it in the last line. Surprise us.
Here is an example of a short story by Hemingway: For sale: baby shoes, never worn.
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Love Me Unconditionally
People always say, “Don’t lose hope. There is someone, someday, who will love you unconditionally.”
So, I stood here and waited as time ticked by.
Nobody came.
I realize too late that there is only one person who can love me unconditionally.
That person was meant to be me.